Jessica and Anthony had Anthony’s Uncle Charlie read this prayer during their wedding ceremony yesterday in Newport, RI. This is my first encounter with this all too timely prayer written by Mary Stewart in 1904, while she was principal of Longmont High School in Colorado.

Mary Stewart’s Prayer

Keep us, O God, from all pettiness.

Let us be large in thought, in word, in deed. Let us be done with fault-finding and leave off all self-seeking.

May we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face, without self pity and without prejudice.

May we never be hasty in judgment, and always be generous.

Let us always take time for all things, and make us to grow calm, serene and gentle. Teach us to put into action our better impulses, to be straightforward and unafraid.

Grant that we may realize that it is the little things of life that create differences, that in the big things of life, we are as one.

Why no images on our blog? Wedding images come and go with fashion and with the season, so many and so varied. We feel it is the words you share with each other, during your wedding ceremony, that are some of the most significant and intimate words you will ever share, in your life, and, like gems, are unique and personal.

Why no images on our blog? Wedding images come and go with fashion and with the season, so many and so varied. We feel it is the words you share with each other, during your wedding ceremony, that are some of the most significant and intimate words you will ever share, in your life, and, like gems, are unique and personal.

Do you ____, willingly take ___ as your husband/ wife, and in doing so give yourself to him/her freely, fully and gladly? Do you agree to take the bad with the good, the difficult with the easy, the anguish with the joy, and the defeat with the triumph? And, do you promise to love her/him come what may?

We hope these beautiful and heartfelt vows has been helpful to you on your journey and you have enjoyed your visit.

Why no images on our blog? Wedding images come and go with fashion and with the season, so many and so varied. We feel it is the words you share with each other, during your wedding ceremony, that are some of the most significant and intimate words you will ever share, in your life, and, like gems, are unique and personal.

Why no images on our blog? Wedding images come and go with fashion and with the season, so many and so varied. We feel it is the words you share with each other, during your wedding ceremony, that are some of the most significant and intimate words you will ever share, in your life, and, like gems, are unique and personal.

The power of a poet is the ability to weave words in such a way as to shed light into the dark and hidden places of our heartland allowing us to glow and grow with new life. Maya Angelou is a poet and prophet who shows us truth and cast a beautiful light into our lives. Thank you Maya.

Touched by an Angel by Maya Angelou, Poet

We, unaccustomed to courage

exiles from delight

live coiled in shells of loneliness

until love leaves its high holy temple

and comes into our sight

to liberate us into life.

Love arrives

and in its train come ecstasies

old memories of pleasure

ancient histories of pain.

Yet if we are bold,

love strikes away the chains of fear

from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity

In the flush of love’s light

we dare be brave

And suddenly we see

that love costs all we are

and will ever be.

Yet it is only love which sets us free.

We hope this poem has been helpful to you on your journey and you have enjoyed your visit.

Why no images on our blog? Wedding images come and go with fashion and with the season, so many and so varied. We feel it is the words you share with each other, during your wedding ceremony, that are some of the most significant and intimate words you will ever share, in your life, and, like gems, are unique and personal.

Why no images on our blog? Wedding images come and go with fashion and with the season, so many and so varied. We feel it is the words you share with each other, during your wedding ceremony, that are some of the most significant and intimate words you will ever share, in your life, and, like gems, are unique and personal.

On a beautiful Friday evening in Bristol, Rhode Island, Aly and Brandon celebrated their wedding. This warm and sensitive couple modified a poem ascribed to Bhal with the first line being I can’t promise you. In their program, Aly and Brandon simply identified the piece as: I Promise You

I can’t promise you

that dark clouds

will never hover

over our lives

or that the future

will bring us many rainbows.

I can’t promise you

that tomorrow

will be perfect

or that life will be easy.

I can promise you

my everlasting devotion,

my loyalty,

my respect,

and my unconditional

love for a lifetime.

I can promise that

I’ll always

be there for you,

to listen

and to hold your hand,

and I’ll always do

my best to make you happy,

and make you feel loved.

I can promise that

I’ll see you through

any crisis,

and hope with you,

dream with you,

build with you,

and always cheer you on

and encourage you.

I can promise that

I’ll share my dreams my world,

and every aspect

of my life with you.

I’ll willingly be

your protector,

your advisor,

your counselor,

your friend,

your family,

your everything.

And I believe that’s

what love is truly all about.

We hope this poem has been helpful to you on your journey and you have enjoyed your visit.

Why no images on our blog? Wedding images come and go with fashion and with the season, so many and so varied. We feel it is the words you share with each other, during your wedding ceremony, that are some of the most significant and intimate words you will ever share and, like gems, are unique and personal.